Friday, April 19, 2024

Hull

The Hulloween Steampunk Festival is heading back to East Yorkshire with the promise of more weird, wacky and wonderful experiences for all the family and the hope that the excitement around the event will help to secure a top tourism award. Participants plan to transform Hull city centre over the...
An innovative new theatre show that incorporates virtual reality has been created in collaboration with Hull communities that are susceptible to flooding. Written by playwright Maureen Lennon and directed by Jack Chamberlain, Virtual Horizons explores what the future may look like if climate change is left unchecked. The show blends...
A major construction milestone has taken place at the £26.5 million new White Rose Rail Station in south Leeds. Rail infrastructure specialist Spencer Group has now installed two new link bridges from the main station buildings to platform level at the new station, which is being built next to the...
Yorkshire-based professional recruitment and development company Edwards and Pearce has launched an in-house training programme to create business leaders of the future. The Emerging Leaders Programme is a proven model which co-owner Felicity King has successfully delivered in her own family business as well as other businesses – and, she...
A Hull and East Yorkshire-based educational charity has added two Assistant Lead Tutors to its team as part of its strategic growth. Run With It, which helps to raise the levels of literacy and numeracy right across Hull and East Yorkshire, has recruited recent University of Hull graduates Rebecca Bell,...
Property developer Noble Invest and commercial property agent Garness Jones are giving Hull residents the chance to have their say on future plans for the city’s high street. The two businesses have launched a public vote to help influence plans for the historic King William House, a key development located...
A dedicated new centre for creativity has been officially opened at Hull’s Ron Dearing University Technical College (UTC) to support and inspire its growing number of students. The school in Kingston Square, city centre, has opened STEAM Studios in the former Hull Central Fire Station next door to prepare students...
Leading manufacturer of hostile vehicle mitigation systems, Heald, has installed and secured a number of high-footfall Central London locations, including the renowned Trafalgar Square, Leicester Square and The Strand. Alongside vehicle-borne attacks remaining a dominant threat to busy locations, the plans to implement higher levels of public safety in...
A family firm which has won business and heritage awards for its part in regenerating Hull city centre has confirmed the acquisition of an historic pub in the Old Town. Allenby Commercial has bought the Corn Exchange on the corner of North Church Side and Market Place for an undisclosed...
Leading property developer Wykeland Group has exchanged on a deal to pave the way for an investment of several hundreds of millions of pounds to create the UK’s largest tissue paper mill. Wykeland has worked with leading Finnish tissue paper manufacturer Metsä Tissue to enable the landmark development, proposed to...